Railway freight-car



(No Model.)

B. B. WARD. Railway Freight Car.

No. 229,778. Patented July 6,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO ELEOTUS B. WARD, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

, RAILWAY FREIGHT-CAR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 229,778, dated July 6,1880.

I i Application filed May "I, 1880. (No model.)

Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented anImprovement in Railway Freight-Oars, .of which the following is aspecification.

, The nature of my invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovements in the construction of railway freight-cars more especiallyadapted for transporting small live stock, like sheep and hogs.

- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a section of one-half of a freight-carconstructed upon my improved plan, with the sheathing removed. Fig.2 isalike view, showing the car inclosed. Fig. 3 is a central cross-section.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,A- represents the bottom chord of that portion of the floor which isimmediately above the truck B. G represents the bottom chord between thetrucks. D is a vertical support extending from the top chord, E, whichis, slightly cam bered, and this support is immediately over the central'portion of the truck. F is a brace extending from the-top of thesupport D to the front lower corner of the car. G is a tie-rod extendingfrom the front upper corner of the car to the foot of said support. H isa diagonal bottom chord connecting the tw0,'A and C, together. I is asupporting rod supporting the front lower corner of the extreme bottomfrom the top chord, and J is a similar rod supporting from the top chordthat section of the extreme bottom where the extreme bottom chord O andthe diagonal bottom chord H meet. K are braces extending diagonally fromthe top chord to th 3.1)0tt0l11 chord A, between the support D andthesupporting-rod I, and L is a strut extendi-ngfrom the top chord, at itspointof intersection with the supporting-rod J to the point ofintersection between the bottom chords, Aand H. M is a truss-rod, suchas is usually employed beneath freight-cars, extending underneath thebottom'chord G. N represents a doorway between the supporting-rods J,the other half-section of the car being constructed as shown. '1

The dotted lines show the position of the intermediate floors betweenthe extreme bottom floor and the deck, as the car is to be arranged fortransporting the small live stock. These intermediate floors may beremovable, so that bulky freight may be carried.

By this construction it will be perceived that the objectionshereinbefore named in the use of the ordinary freight-cars are avoided,while much more room is attained, and, as the extreme bottom of the caris brought so near the ground, it will be found very convenient inloading and unloading from the ground, and that the additional room isobtained without increasing the height or width of the car.

I am aware that a car has heretofore been constructed in which that partof its body be tween its trucks projects downward below its wheel-axles,and I therefore lay no claim to such construction, broadly. H

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, with a freight-carin which part of its body between its trucks projects downward below itswheel-axles, of the bottom floor-chord G, suspended from the top chord,E, by the rods I J, and provided with the supporting truss-rods M,secured to the chords A, substantially as described, and for the purposeset forth.

2. A freight-car wherein the bottom chords, A G H, top chord, E,supports D, braces F K, tie-rods G, and struts L are combined with thesupporting-rods I J and truss-rods M, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

ELEOTUS B. WARD.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, ALBERT WAHL.

